McLaughlin v. . McLaughlin

Supreme Court of North Carolina

McLaughlin v. . McLaughlin

47 N.C. 319

DecidedJune 5, 1855

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McLaughlin v. . McLaughlin, 47 N.C. 319 (N.C. 1855).

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Battle, J.

The question which has been discussed before us, and decided at the present term in Thompson v. Floyd, (ante 313) does not arise in this case. Here no issue was, nor as matters then stood, could have been made up when the cause was transferred to the Superior Court. The 10th section of the Revised Statutes ch. 58, entitled “An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors,” provides that when a debtor, after having taken the necessary preliminary steps, applies to the county court for permission to take the benefit of the act, any creditor may suggest fraud : whereupon the court shall direct an issue to be made up and tried by a jury. The Act of 1844, ch. 31, sec. 2, (Ire. Dig. Man. p. 118,) prohibits the court from permitting such an issue to be made up and tried, unless the creditor, his agent or attorney, shall file his suggestions of fraud in writing. .

From the record it appears that no suggestions were filed, and no issue made up until the cause was docketted in the Superior Court. It was not therefore,while in the County Court, in a condition to be taken, to the Superior Court by way of appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, and his Honor did right in dismissing it for want of jurisdiction.

PeR CueiaM. The judgment is affirmed.

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Battle, J.

The question which has been discussed before us, and decided at the present term in Thompson v. Floyd, (ante 313) does not arise in this case. Here no issue was, nor as matters then stood, could have been made up when the cause was transferred to the Superior Court. The 10th section of the Revised Statutes ch. 58, entitled “An Act for the relief of insolvent debtors,” provides that when a debtor, after having taken the necessary preliminary steps, applies to the county court for permission to take the benefit of the act, any creditor may suggest fraud : whereupon the court shall direct an issue to be made up and tried by a jury. The Act of 1844, ch. 31, sec. 2, (Ire. Dig. Man. p. 118,) prohibits the court from permitting such an issue to be made up and tried, unless the creditor, his agent or attorney, shall file his suggestions of fraud in writing. .

From the record it appears that no suggestions were filed, and no issue made up until the cause was docketted in the Superior Court. It was not therefore,while in the County Court, in a condition to be taken, to the Superior Court by way of appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, and his Honor did right in dismissing it for want of jurisdiction.

PeR CueiaM. The judgment is affirmed.

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47 N.C. 319, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/mclaughlin-v-mclaughlin-nc-1855.